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Show She Didn't Guess. Like many other things, an alarm clock is a good thing when confined to its own sphere. But a young man who lives in Tioga had an experience with one the other day which, to say the least, was embarrassing. Being a heavy sleeper, it was not uncommon for him to miss his train to the city in the morning, so ho resolved to invest in a& alarm clock. One experience with it wa enough, and that oocurred while, he was taking his purchase home. Walking through the train, he ohanced to see a certain young lady sitting in a Beat, the other half of which was unoccupied. The young man knew the young lady -In fact, he is said to have had entertained enter-tained serious hopes before the alarm got in its little work. He sat down beside be-side her, with his package in his lap, and smiled his sweetest. She asked him what he was taking home, and he playfully play-fully bid her gues. "Candy? Cigars? Neckties?" No, it was none of these. Just as she was about to venture a fourth guess there was a muffled sound from the Interior of the pacakge and then a loud clang that resounded weird-ly weird-ly through the car. The young man blushed, the young" lady giggled, and the passengers roared. It seemed aa though the thing would never stop, aud it didn't until the disgusted youth hyry 4 it tq toe other end. pf to 9 na-y i |